United States or Sint Maarten ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Ethel laughed, and said, "I did not think Mary was in such awe of me. I'll set her free, then. But, Margaret, do you really think I ought to give up my time to it?" "Could you not just let them have a few drawings, or a little bit of your company work just enough for you not to annoy every one, and seem to be testifying against them? You would not like to vex Meta."
I fash mysell little wi' lords o' state; they vex me wi' a wheen idle questions about their saddles, and curpels, and holsters and horse-furniture, and what they'll cost, and whan they'll be ready a wheen galloping geese my wife may serve the like o' them." "And so might she, in her day, hae served the best lord in the land, for as little as ye think o' her, Mr. Saddletree," said Mrs.
"I think she's without exception, the prettiest girl I ever seen; an' her beautiful figure beats all; but somehow they say every one's afraid of her, an' durstn't vex her." "She examined me well yesterday, at all events," replied Con. "I thought them broad, black, beautiful eyes of hers would look through me.
Dost thou know how to handle thine own sword, that thou handlest a stranger's so freely?" "Even so. But I meant not to vex thee. In truth, I am come to thee on an errand of life and death;" and as he spoke, he did doff his bonnet and toss it upon the table, and the firelight and candlelight did leap upon his fair curls, and as I saw his face it was the face of my lady.
"Most merciful God, give unto this Thy child the spirit of content, and the spirit of love, that she may bear patiently all the little trials that hurt and vex her, and win her way as Thy good soldier and servant. Amen." Elizabeth held her breath to listen. It was new and odd. She did not like to say Amen; she did not know if the governess were not taking a liberty.
"You seem more glad of our success because you think it vexes Angus Dhu, than because it pleases our mother and keeps us all at home together. It does not vex him, I'm sure of that; and, whether it does or not, it is wrong for you always to be thinking and saying it. You are not to be grieved or angry at my saying it, Shenac." But both grieved and angry Shenac was at her brother's reproof.
She meant "Don't vex Miss Bethia," as Jem very well knew, but he only laughed and said: "Don't do what? Become a rich man? or a worshipper of mammon? Don't be silly, Letty." "Jem's going to be a blacksmith," said Edward. "You needn't laugh. He put a shoe on Mr Strong's old Jerry the other day. I saw him do it." "Pooh," said Jem. "That's nothing. Anybody could do that.
It is, I imagine, a sense capable of cultivation, and enables us to look upon many of man's doings that would otherwise vex and pain us, and, as some say, destroy all the pleasure of our lives, not exactly as an illusion, as if we were Japanese and had seen a fox in the morning, but at all events in what we call a philosophic spirit.
"Hout fie, bairns!" said the old lady, with something of a good-humoured reproof, "ye shouldna vex your billy Hobbie that way. Look round, my bairn, and see if there isna ane here mair than ye left this morning." Hobbie looked eagerly round. "There's you, and the three titties." "There's four of us now, Hobbie, lad," said the youngest, who at this moment entered.
Should the Grand Turk make war and should the rumour of it come to these isles, then will we say 'The Turk maketh war, and should the Turk be at peace, then we will say 'The Turk it doth appear is now at peace. And should no news come, then shall we say 'In good sooth we know not whether the Turk destroyeth the Bulgars or whether he doth not, for while some hold that he harasseth them sorely, others have it that he harasseth them not, whereby we are sore put to it to know whether there be war or peace, nor do we desire to vex the patience of those who read by any further discourse on the matter, other than to say that we ourselves are in doubt what be and what be not truth, nor will we any further speak of it other than this."
Word Of The Day